Creativity in the Classroom – Art CPD for Schools: Guest Artist Series:
Build your 3D Making Skills with Cardboard for Primary Teachers: Creating free standing sculptures with Darrell Wakelam.
Workshop details
Date: Friday 27th February 2026
Time: 10am-3.30pm
Venue: Wolverhampton School of Art
Cost: £95 (Refreshments provided on welcome, please bring your own lunch)
Student Discount: We are delighted to offer a 50% discount on all of our CPD workshops for students in Initial Teacher Education, or those studying full-time teaching degrees either at an undergraduate or postgraduate level and registered at a university or institution in the UK. In order to claim this discount students must have valid student ID and we’ll ask for this when we confirm your booking. Please contact us directly to make a student booking.
Who is it for? Primary teachers, primary Art Leads and professionals working in schools
Book: Places on this workshop are limited and we anticipate a strong demand for tickets, so please do secure your space early to avoid disappointment.
Paying by invoice: if you would prefer to pay by invoice then please contact us directly by emailing Felicity Martin.
The programme
The programme
The Creativity in the Classroom – Art CPD for Schools programme is designed for teachers of all stages of experience and expertise and offers a range of practical CPD workshops led by leading art educators.
Each CPD workshop will build your art teaching skills, extend your repertoire of art techniques and grow your subject knowledge to apply and use in the classroom.
Guest Artist Series
The workshops in the Guest Artist series are designed, devised and led by leading national arts educators for primary school teachers, primary Art Leads and professionals working in schools. These sessions will immerse you in practical, fun, hands-on activity that can be taken straight back to the classroom.
What will this day involve?
Leading arts educationalist and published author Darrell Wakelam will introduce you to cardboard construction and sculptural techniques that are affordable, adaptable, and achievable.
This practical day offers fun, hands-on professional development about the ideas and practice of making free standing sculptures of up to 3 metres tall, using cardboard construction methods.
You’ll be designing and making your own sculptures to learn the techniques of 3D construction. You will learn how you can introduce and scaffold the learning of your pupils to do the same.
Darrell will share examples and reflect with you on how these approaches can be adapted to suit different age-groups and respond to cross curricular themes and topics.
What will I learn on the day?
On the day you will:
- Enhance your 3D sculpting skills.
- Discover new ways to use cardboard construction techniques.
- Learn creative ways to support pupils to express their ideas and imagination through 3D materials.
- Develop new techniques to build on pupils’ collaborative working experiences.
- Take away project ideas that can be embedded within your curriculum.
About Darrell
Darrell Wakelam has been creating artwork with children for almost 35 years. He focusses on making 3D artwork more accessible and exciting for children, and he has a strong reputation as an innovative and highly skilled workshop facilitator. Darrell originally trained in design and illustration, but working with children reignited his own childhood passion for model making, allowing him to revisit the world of ‘junk sculpture’ and papier maché with the eyes of a designer and teacher.
Darrell has provided workshops for countless clients, including many hundreds of schools, museums, theatres, and as a part of large-scale festivals and events. His involvement with projects nationwide has given Darrell the experience of working creatively with children of all ages, and from a wide variety of backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.
Most of Darrell’s artwork consists of 3D models, sculptures, and masks, made predominantly from scrap cardboard and other recycled materials. Over the years he has refined his methods and techniques, becoming more aware of the sustainability of his work, and more mindful of the materials he uses.
Darrell has also spent many years sharing his expertise, through training sessions, online tutorials, and more recently, through his highly acclaimed book ‘Art Shaped’.
About Darrell
Accessibility
For the accessibility guide for the Wolverhampton School of Art, please go here.
To complete our Access Survey and let us know about your requirements please go here.
For questions or further information around accessibility, please contact Felicity Martin, Communications and Marketing Manager .
Get in touch
Please contact Arts Connect for further information about this workshop or the Creativity in the Classroom, Art CPD for Schools programme.